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Notes: Fat Head’s Brewery of Middleburg Heights, Ohio, produces a Christmas ale
with enough warmth and spice to live up to the style — coupled with a biscuitlike, nutty ale
character to please any craft-beer purist. A ruddy brown pour with crisp effervescence and minimal
head hints at a clean, dry-drinking quaff that is a great pairing to sweet and spicy desserts.
Complex aromas of roasted nuts, berries and candies are supported by a rich amber ale character and
set up the rich, spicy early flavors gracefully. Caky sweetness is a welcome counterpoint to
cinnamon and alcohol heat, which give way to fresh mintiness and berry flavors late, a refreshing
nutty aftertaste and a clean finish.